Can John McCain read a graph?
If your restaurant revenues looked like this, you’d change the menu.
If your business sales looked like this, you’d close your doors.
If your NBA basketball team ’s attendance looked like this, you’d move to another city. (Sorry, Dave!)
But if you’re John McCain and this was a chart of President Bush’s approval ratings during his second term, you say "Elect me, and I’ll give you four more years of the same!"
Please.
I’ve got some bad news for you, Senator — it IS a chart of Bush’s second term approval ratings, compiled by Pollster.com. Oh, there have been a couple "Broder bumps" in there, but the general direction is clear.
Keep on embracing Bush, though, as the economy heads south, the military continues to break, and the rule of law once championed by this country continues to be abused. Bush is digging himself a hole big enough for the both of you.
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So,Peterr!
Someone finally asks Hitler Youth Barbie
about the “military analysts” scandal.
Some banter from the Ministry of Truth:
[EPU’s as I typed]
You are on it like a duck on a june bug Peeterr!
Peterr, what happened to my previous comment?
Dana’s in a tough spot. If this were a cartoon, she’d be the person standing next to this chart with the pointer, trying to explain to the board of directors why this is good news for the Republicans.
If your home price graph looked like this…
You mean “So, Peter!” at #1, or another one?
“But if you’re John McCain and this was a chart of President Bush’s approval ratings during his second term, you say “Elect me, and I’ll give you four more years of the same!” ~ Peterr
Hysterical comment, Peterr, and so true! Thanks. Great post.
Keep on embracing Bush and put Jeb on the ticket!
I must’ve been in Twilight Zone for a minute. I went and clicked through an ad, and suddenly my post was gone! Now it’s back, so I’ll just comment that I hope the Dem wins, but it’s still a struggle every day, even though people say they have a preference for a Dem in the WH. If they do, why is it so close between McCain and either Dem? He really does offer a third Bushie term. Scares me!
Aargh, Kagan is saying that half the armaments that are killing our troops in Iraq is supplied by the Iranians…! WTF? That is utter bovine excrement!!!
No, I think St. John is going to get more religion and go for Huckabee or Brownback. If he can’t convince the TheoCons he’s one of them, he’s at least got to convince them that he likes them — he really likes them.
yet according to jane’s post downstairs the democrats are about to cave and allow criminals a free pass
I cannot put into words how angry that makes me
That’s true. McCain lacks the pretend-to-be-a-Christian skills that George W. Bush has mastered.
and we have a new “surge”, we are “surging” to Iran with battleships
Chaney will have his war, and since our armed forces are stretched way to thin and our assets are depleted the only way we can prevail is with nuclear weaponry
and Chaney is having a bigger orgasm then when he approved torturing our captives
Senate is now introducing an amendment confirming McCain is a natural born citizen. (this is not snark) Tune into FOX soon, I sense a breaking story claiming all Democrats are aliens.
Broder bump also known as a deadcat bounce.
I’d just like to say … the Sonics’ attendance never looked like that. It did plummet this year after the owners deliberately blew up the team, trading away their two established stars and going with a rookie-dominated squad.
But they looked like All-Pros compared to Team McBush.
Just watching Hardball and as usual you just wish you could talk back to the TV. Tweety asks why is there such a problem with Iran having influence over their neighbor? The answer given by the guest is that it’s because they are stirring up trouble by arming both sides of the Shia and even some Sunnis to continue a low grade blah, blah, blah…I just wanted to shout that they are not the only ones guilty of arming both sides of a civil war; we’ve done that, too! Furthermore, if we hadn’t been so anxious to rid the world of Saddam, he’d still be playing the roll of buffer keeping Iran from having influence with the other Arab states. We created a mess we don’t even seem to understand!
I don’t think John McCane (hi bedbug) can read a graph. Maybe a simple pie chart…
“Hitler Youth Barbie”
Finally, the right take on Perino.
Isn’t that a graph of the trajectory of a pig missile?
Vote suppression robo-calls in NC:
Former Pres. Clinton chief of staff Podesta is listed on the Board of Directors of sponsoring group.
Kagan just turned 38. He still has time to volunteer for the Army. Go for it, dude.
Pretty amusing to think that McCain will have to prove he is eligible to be President since he was born in Panama. It’d be nice to see him have to waste some news cycles on this. If it was a Democratic candidate, there would be mass hysteria on the right by now.
He’s probably waiting to join the Bush twins brigade.
And Perino can lead ;)
LOL!
Carriers
Here’s a graphic that’s not OT
FAIL!
Did Harry Reid introduce it?
I do not know the specifics but here and some other sites, if you click through an ad or link or such and then back arrow to return, you return to the number of comments that were here when you first entered the thread. A hard refresh, or in your case, adding another comment, will bring back all the missing.
I think so.. Only caught the audio while multi-tasking.
Hil hasn’t pumped “in a long time”. KO
I look at that chart now, and can hear my old math teacher’s voice: “When will that line cross the X-axis (i.e., hit zero)?
so here is a question all democrats need to address before the election;
with this kind of vile hatred for the republican party, how on earth is it possible for mkkkain to show a close race, even winning in some polls?
how is that possible?
the answer is that it’s not possible, mkkkain cannot possibly win a fair election
yet the “polls” show otherwise
why?
I believe they are already gaming the contest, they’ve gamed the polls and now if mkkkain wins it will actually look legit
it does not make sense there is a poll anyhwere but texas that shows mkkkain ahead of either democrat
salut, loo hoo!
I forget who posted this excellant link with the neo cons quotes before the war but all democrats need a copy of the link and all debates should use the quotes, a few examples;
and it goes on, an excellant source for everyone
Peterr’s been digging… let’s digg him too.
Earlier this evening on the NBC Evening News, Brian Williams showed the funeral procession of an Iraqi child, killed in one of the recent battles. It struck me that even with as little footage as we’ve had of Iraqi funerals over the last five years, we’ve seen more of their dead on the television evening news than we have of American casualties — even as we count our few (4000+) while ignoring their tens or hundreds of thousands.
No coffins arriving at Dover AFB.
No military funerals at Arlington.
No base ceremonies to remember the fallen when their units arrive back in the States.
Nothing.
Maybe the local paper carries a story about the local kid who died, but nothing nationally.
Why does Bush hate the fallen US military members?
with apologies to the lads:
How can she stand near that creepy, drunk, murderer? He is mean and crazy; she is inscrutable.
hugh at 22–omg that was funny!
because they are not available to stand up and cheer for dear leader.
Hooooo-ahhh!!!!!
Because they point out his mistake in a way nothing else can, and because they bring his already low approval rating even lower. If that sounds cynical, that’s because I am cynical now.
Late, but… punaise, is there a “low-low home price” segment – like “under $200,000″? Geez, I didn’t know 75% of the inhabitants of Northwest Arkansas were in the “low” category. Makes me feel not worthy.
;~P
What is the story with all of the colors on that phototour? I’ve never seen a military photo with rainbow colors like that.
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
We have a winner!
nice.
it’s adjusted to the Bay Area’s crazy cost of housing. the median salary needed to afford the median home is in the gazillions, or so it seems.
Excellent, perris. All of these neocons are coming out now pointing fingers at each other. It is the best example of groupthink ever.
Oh… I’m toopid. That’s SF, not NWA. My bad.
;(
Heh.. At that price, my NWA house would be about 12 thousands square feet.
Makes me want to move back out to the west coast… Not!
Sorry rwcole
;~P
I don’t think my lot is even that big.
Because he can’t profit off them anymore.
Is anyone going to ask John Surge is Working McCain why there are increased US and civilian casualties in Iraq?
-G
peterr–they had a clip of mccain on newshour tonight, monotone, ceo language, his ’handlers’ are polishing him….few weeks ago, i noticed his tone has changed in his voice, dramatically, but was a gradual thing…..voice coach….(as noticable as kathleen turner’s when she did it)…..so, the presidential race has turned into how to create a beauty queen….for real. and his suits have changed in the last few days. color and everything. wonder how they fit all of these people on the bus? bet that stuff doesn’t show up on the campaign budget……wonder how he likes being ’fluffed’ and remade by experts.
elliot–left you a response at 94 in last thread, no hurry, no need to respond…..just a note.
Things are usually hidden out of shame.
-G
Not so OT:
“The new Move-on ad is here! The new Move-on ad is here!”
(apologies to Steve Martin)
Mama Likes!
oh, btw, punaise, nice to see you back at the lake more regularly. your wit was missed (by myself, anyway)
slàinte
Jimmy Cricketttt….she must be alot of fun. Thanks for the read.
Gardening beats vacuuming.. And 6 year mortgages with the entire price of my house totaling less than a CA down payment is why I left Cally.
(((((jacqrat)))))))
great ad, thanks for the link.
cheers, DrB! I had a bit of a hiatus and am slowly dipping toes back online.
dmac: Thanks for the visual.
*looking for brain bleach*
Gotta go get a barf bucket…
No.
(Not from the media, at any rate.)
This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.
I left in ‘88, (EAOS, USN).
Loved San Diego, but knew there was no way I could afford to live there. Miss the climate, don’t miss the earthquakes.
Love it here.
FYI, New Obama ad on gas prices.. Will run in Indiana.
The colored shirts and helmets are safety features that allow quick identification of the different jobs on the flight deck, such as plane captain, fueling, ordnance, firewatch, plane launchers, etc. It is so noisy on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier that you can’t hear yourself think, everything is done with hand signals and chalkboards.
No way in hell that man could win a beauty contest! You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a….
Netroots Nation, come on down. I must check out your authenticity, he said challengingly! No one can use such a name and not be asked to provide the bonafides! That’s right, Austin, Texas-The show me City. You won’t even be asked to bring that thing…
The colored shirts and helmets…
silly me – I was sure it was a tele-tubby thing.
Thanks, I like this ad.
I had a little mix-up with a guy from Texas once, Naval Station Pearl Harbor, if I remember correctly, shortly after the on-base blub closed for the night. Don’t care to mess with TX again.
;~P
bong at 68–yer welcome : P
just things everybody outta know! hope ya hit the bucket!
and eureka, yes, gardening beats vacuuming, no wait, i like to vacuum/sweep, how ’bout it beats dishes? i always said, small house, big garage/shed/workshop/studio/barn.
club, not blub.
ethel merman belting out “Everything’s coming up roses” sprang to mind…
blech!
kay at 73
…… n animal
Obama sez we gotta look at oil company price gouging. I think we’ve been looking at it long enough. He also touts alternative fuels. I hope he doesn’t consider coal to be an alternative fuel.
I like him better than Hillary, but I did not like that ad. The Move On McCain ad is teh awesome, however.
bonger at 80–gotta love her enthusiasm, he doesn’t have that…he’d hum it like some kinda serial killer makin’ plans.
ewwwwww that’s baaad. i’m goin’ to the dark side of snark…..
hackworth at 82–yes he does look at coal as an alternative fuel.
oh, darkblack… courtesy phone on aisle 83
;~P
betraying the fervent belief that the 2008 elections will reflect the sentiments of the people, as represented in these polls.
but, er, what about this other trendline – election 2000 derailed by vote supression and fraud in Florida, handed to Bush on a platter by the Supreme Court, with no real protest from the (D) establishment whose voters were disenfranchised….
election 2004 stolen by fraud and suppression in Ohio and elsewhere, with partisan (R) hacks now serving time in Ohio, but again no serious resistance put up by lackluster Washington (D)’s…
from this we can extrapolate that media bias and superficial, trivial slandering of the (D) candidate combined with (R) dirty tricks might bring the vote counts close enough to steal again… so why should McCain worry about Bush’s approval ratings?
this isn’t even factoring in more war hysteria, if the war against Iran that (D)’s are doing nothing to prevent is underway by Nov 2008, and the (D) candidate scampers rightward trying to prove how ‘tough’ they are, alienating those who are sincerely antiwar enough to inhibit their willingness to support the lesser of two pandering warmongers, supressing turnout among those the Democrats think have no choice…
the way to avert this at the pass is for the candidate to seriously critique US militarism in the mideast as contrary to the real interests of the USA, as well as being obviously ineffective and morally repugnant. Such an honest and brave stance could galvanize real support from a broad swath of the country, many of whom are tempted to sit this one out, again. Courage and truth can be great allies.
without this, a (D) candidate could be pulled into the untenable position of wannabe, me-too warmongering while the media recapitulates their propaganda efforts from 2002 and tears down the (D) pro-war posturing as insincere.
so they’ll lose centrists and moderate (R)’s many of whom are intensely disgusted by the Bushist regime and were ready to vote (D) for the first time in generations of their families, and they’ll lose those who sincerely oppose wars of aggression more than they feel obligated to the comprimised, complicit (D) political faction.
so, the poll numbers now are nothing to gloat over.
I don’t think it was me. I left in 1979, but if you were there then, I just got back from Diego Garcia and I was really stoned…
I caught the change in McCain’s vocal stylings yesterday when NPR gave him free air time to tout his health care plan. (His plan will result in more uninsured Amerkins, more sickness and death, carte blanche for insurance companies, more bankruptcies cause by health care expenses. IOW, its a disaster. NPR made it all sound quite reasonable.
Anyway, yes. McCrypt’s voice, inflection and manner of speaking were noticeably restyled.
oh, and dmac, in the very slim chance you have not been properly indoctrinated
darkblack, meet dmac.
;~P
In ‘79 I was probably pretty stoned, too, but gradjiating high school was my only real challenge.
;~P
All I can say to that is
John McCain:
Worse than Bush
bonger at 89–yeeees, we have ’met’…..but i had knee surgery, came back to the lake a few months later and ’some people’ were gone……..thanks, i didn’t have the blog site….
this one’s for you-
http://farm1.static.flickr.com…..825b19.jpg
gotta go pack, outta town for a few days…no lake…unless i hijack a computer while i’m there.
Downhill skislope?
safe travels, dmac
you are in the bong household’s prayers.
nite
Come on guys….you know what this is about. This is so the citizenry doesn’t get itself all hot and bothered about….
Dead Americans….
Dead Iraqis….
Trillions disappearing…..
$200/barrel oil…no, that’s not a misprint
But ya know…there’s another Pollster graph ya really oughta take a gander at folks. This one here:
http://www.pollster.com/currenttrends.php
So….let’s use Peterr’s most excellent logic and ask:
Why are the Democrats in both houses still digging. First rule of holes is ‘Stop digging…’ ain’t it?
The answer to this question is the key to what and how and where to the progressive movement must MOVE in the next several cycles.
The evidence is out there….It’s very clear what’s going on but apart from a few posts by Jane & Co. and some by Stoller, fergit Bowers he’s clueless, nobody is talking about this and analyzing it.
Oh yeah, taking on McSame is like shooting fish in a barrel and it does need to be done. But as long as McSame is actually swimming in great big pool built, in part, for him by the Democratic ‘Leadership’ we are not going to be solving the major problems we face.
Lemme know when you realize that McSame ain’t in that barrel you’re fillin’ with birdshot, Okay?